INNOVATE
Bi-monthly, Social Networking
Themes:
distance education, open education, virtual environments/communities/worlds
social networking software, new theories of learning, stronger communities and collaboration, helping disadvantaged learners, constructivism, situated learning, social connectiveness and cognitive connectiveness schemata

Contributors: James Morrison, Stephen Downes (edublogger, open learning), Marc Prensky
H. Sapiens Digital: From Digital Immigrants and Digital Natives to Digital Wisdom (F/M 2009)
- technology affects us on a cellular level
- it changes how we process information on a cellular level

Prensky: The way we use technology is changing our memory capacity
People who are good multi-taskers are selected out (social darwinism)
We have a greater potential for asking the question, "What if?"

American Journal Evaluation
Process-oriented approach to cultural competency
Collaboration - evaluators need to learn from stakeholders
Based on Bandura's social learning theory
Soccer players as teachers - the use of role playing
Athletes are selling things - why not have them sell education

Australasian Journal of Education
- 2 specific references to wikis and educaiton, podcasting, vodcasting
- instructional design
- electronic technologies (handhelds)

International Society of the Learning Sciences
Founders: Chris Hoadley, Janet Kolodner, Tim Koschmann
* Foster new ways of thinking
* Publish research articles
* Promote engaging and thoughtufl
* Particularly design-based research
* Important ideas taht can change our understanding of learning as well as the practice of ed
* How do we develop knowledge through social construction?

Quarterly Review of Distance Education
- Authors: Reigeluth, Gibbons, Graham
The effects of email messages in a distance learning university on perceived academic and social support, academic satisfaction and coping
Tali Heiman
Open University of Israel
People who received emails performed about the same, but felt better

Tech Trends
AECT Journal
2,000 members, 24 states, six international affiliates
10 Division
International Division
ICT International

Performance Improvement
International Society for Performance Improvement
Present it as a process change, not a performance change
Preach My Gospel (Ch. 8)
Ballard: "If we don't set goals in our lives,we can reach a ripe old age and not have achieved what we wished." We must learn to set goals and acheive them for eternal progress.
Isn't progress about ordinances? And, ordinances are essentially goals (benchmarks) to achieve.
Pres. Monson: "When performance is measured, performance improves. When performance is measured and reported, performance accelerates."
Is the work of an apostle really just about being a Human Performance Technologist?

"Studying scriptures will change behavior more than studying behavior will change behavior." - Packer?

President Boyd K. Packer, an apostle of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints:

"True doctrine, understood, changes attitudes and behavior.

"The study of the doctrines of the gospel will improve behavior quicker than a study of behavior will improve behavior. Preoccupation with unworthy behavior can lead to unworthy behavior. That is why we stress so forcefully the study of the doctrines of the gospel" ("Little Children," Ensign, Nov 1986, 16).

CALL
quantitative mostly (pre/post language assessments), surveys
Learning English with the SIMS for L2 Learning

Journal of Interactive Learning Research
Rigorous and Socially Responsible Interactive Learning Research
Examining difference of Phase 1 and Phase 2 learning
Pedagogy is important for making web technologies work for soft skills development
"the time is drawing near that print alone will be unfeasible"